cognate

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Synonyms: connate, cognite, cognati

Antonyms: connate, cognite, cognati

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. Allied by blood; [[kindred]] by birth; specifically {{lb|en|legal}} related on the mother's side.
2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
3. {{anchor|en.adj.linguistics}} {{lb|en|linguistics}} [[descend|Descended]] from the same source [[lexeme]]s (same [[etymon]]s) of an [[ancestor]] language.

Noun

1. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
2. {{lb|en|legal|dated}} One who is related to another on the female side.
3. {{lb|en|legal|dated}} One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
4. {{lb|en|linguistics}} A word either [[descend]]ed from the same base word of the same [[ancestor]] language as the given word, or judged to be a [[regular]] [[reflex]] of the same reconstructed [[root]] of [[proto-language]] as the given word.

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